diff --git a/ablog/blog.py b/ablog/blog.py
index b22c61c..f20c592 100644
--- a/ablog/blog.py
+++ b/ablog/blog.py
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ CONFIG = [
     ('fontawesome_included', False, True),
     ('fontawesome_css_file', '', True),
 
-    ('post_date_format', '%-d %B %Y', True),
-    ('post_date_format_short', '%-d %B', True),
+    ('post_date_format', '%d %B %Y', True),
+    ('post_date_format_short', '%d %B', True),
     ('post_auto_image', 0, True),
     ('post_auto_excerpt', 1, True),
     ('post_redirect_refresh', 5, True),
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 6663d4c..7aa2c95 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ environment:
       # /E:ON and /V:ON options are not enabled in the batch script intepreter
       # See: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13751649/163740
       CMD_IN_ENV: "cmd /E:ON /V:ON /C .\\ci-helpers\\appveyor\\windows_sdk.cmd"
-      CONDA_CHANNELS: "conda-forge "
-      CONDA_DEPENDENCIES="sphinx werkzeug alabaster invoke graphviz"
-      PIP_DEPENDENCIES="sphinx-automodapi"
+      CONDA_CHANNELS: "conda-forge"
+      CONDA_DEPENDENCIES: "sphinx werkzeug alabaster invoke graphviz"
+      PIP_DEPENDENCIES: "sphinx-automodapi"
 
   matrix:
       - PYTHON_VERSION: "2.7"